Wedding Food. Help!

Our tasting is scheduled in three weeks and my stomach rumbles every time I think about it. I cannot wait. The main point of the tasting will be to decide on our entree. But here’s the problem. We only get to taste two: one chicken, one beef. The beef is taken care of. The one they put on our proposal sounds good enough to me.

But the chicken? I seriously cannot decide. Every one sounds amazing. Every! One! There’s six choices, but I’ve narrowed it down to three. The Chicken with Leek and Wild Mushroom? Out. Neither one of us like mushrooms. The Grilled Herbed Chicken? Out. Joe Shmo can make that at home. Ginger and Soy Marinated Chicken? Pass. You either love Asian flavors or you don’t. Too risky.

Ooooo!!!! I loooove #2, as a matter of fact I will be serving something like #2 on Sept. 6!!!

However, its tricky. Because, some restaurants use cheap proscuitto or even ham (claiming to be proscuitto.) which ruins the whole dish. M and I ran into that situation quite a few times when looking for a rehearsal dinner restaurant.

I say #1 or #3– sorry, I am bad at decision-making, too! I think that either of these would be filling enough, but also not too crazy-heavy or salty, as the prosciutto might tend to be. Also, mini-pies? Such a great idea, if not the most practical.

I’d go with number 2, but I’m sort of mad at you for making a PREGNANT person read this post and drool all over herself. Thank you for the picture of the pie with the icecream too…..
And then I also went and clicked on that link to the appetizers, NOT a good idea.

No No NO.. don’t listen to the majority… #3 sounds aaaaaaaamazing.. so much so that i am going to attempt to make that for dinner on Friday night… Molly.. go with your instinct… #3 is tooooo good to pass up

Anything stuffed with cheese is a winner to me! And that salad sounds devine!
And your App. choices? My lord, how could you decide? We are apparently going much simpler than you, fruit and cheese trays.
Wedding or no, who wouldn’t want their own little pie???

I’m leaning towards number 3. It sounds awesome! Plus it works for any of your vegetarian friends. Don’t know much about chicken franchaise, but I would be worried that the breading would get soggy if it’s not eaten right when it first comes out.

Since you guys have your “beef” locked in, will they let you taste test two chicken entrees instead? Hmm, though I’d still like to taste the beef… #3 sounds awesome… there are going to be people who don’t like peppers, or proscuitto, or heck, even pastry hearts… so just get the one you would order if you were in a restaurant!

If I was going =) I’d want to eat #2. Although the prosiuto (or however you say that) is a meat that people who only eat chicken wouldn’t want to eat, they can pick it out. Artichokes and red peppers are a taste that will infuse the whole chicken and therefore could deter those who don’t like them. And I don’t think the pairing of the salad is that important. All of it will taste delicious. Is it October yet?

I’ve been waiting for a post on which to finally comment after lurking for far too long. I have to second (third? fourth?) the red pepper one. As a chicken-lover pork-hater, I would just push it around my plate and eat too much bread. Picking it out is also not an option for anyone that might really not like pork/have religious issues with it.
Also? I covet your show collection.

how are you going to decide?! They all sound sooo delish. I loove chicken franchaise tho so i’d be tempted to get that but number 3 also sounds amazing. Oh the dilemnas…if you need help choosing i’d be more than happy to taste test them too. 🙂